When a community-association dispute turns on the numbers, counsel needs an independent expert who can analyze the records, explain what they show, and stand behind it. We support attorneys, owners, and associations from early case assessment through report, deposition, and trial.
We have no management relationships to protect and no stake in the outcome. Our analysis and testimony are based on the records and the facts — which is exactly what makes them credible to a court.
Trusted by counsel, courts, and arbitrators.
We help counsel build and test the financial side of a case — defining the questions, sourcing and organizing the records, and producing analysis that's clear enough for a board and rigorous enough for cross-examination.
When a matter goes to a hearing, we provide clear, authoritative expert opinions and testimony that triers of fact can follow. Our reports are built to withstand scrutiny, and our testimony is grounded entirely in the evidence.
Michael J. Novak is Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Common Interest Advisors. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and brings more than four decades of accounting experience, including more than thirty years serving community associations and nonprofit organizations.
Common Interest Advisors provides independent financial, governance, budgeting, reserve funding, and forensic advisory services to condominium, homeowners, and cooperative associations.
Tell us about the dispute and what records exist. Inquiries are confidential and go to info@cia.mba.
See it in the real world — our forensic findings at 175 East Delaware Place documented nearly $500K in undisclosed management compensation, eight consecutive years reporting no federal income tax, and late-fee practices inconsistent with controlling Illinois law. Read the case study →
Common Interest Advisors, LLC provides non-attest forensic accounting and consulting services and is not a licensed public accounting firm. This page is informational and does not constitute legal, tax, or accounting advice.
